What sort of view of our history do we get from Hollywood movies? Why
are some stories told and others not? Howard Zinn's People's History of the
United States helped to enlarge our sense of history to include the stories
of women, minorities, labor struggles and others forgotten or removed from
official histories. In this informal talk given at the Taos Film Festival,
Zinn turns his attention to Hollywood, the stories it tells and the ones it
doesn't. He tells the stories of wars from the point of view of
disillusioned deserters, of the differences between All Quiet on the
Western Front and Saving Private Ryan, of railroad strikes and the
Haymarket Affait, Eugene Debs and the real story of Helen Keller, socialist
and anti-war agitator. Mother Jones leads a march of 11 and 12-year-old
textile workers from Pennsylvania to Roosevelt's vacation home in Oyster
Bay to demand better working conditions in the textile mills then at age 85
is thrown in jail for leading the Colorado Coal strike of 1913-4. A
spellbinding and provocative talk by America's most beloved historian.

The first Howard Zinn CD A People's History of the United States has sold over 10,000 copies! Also, People's History of the United States is now in development as an HBO feature film with Ben Affleck & Matt Damon as co-producers.

"One of the most engaging social critics in the nation" Jonathon Kozol

"The most influential teacher I've ever had continues to teach us
about life and humanity and hope." Marion Wright Edelman